most strikeouts in a season by an al central reliever

Keith Foulke has struck out the most batters by an AL Central relief pitcher in a season, with 123 strikeouts in 1999.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Keith Foulke K. Foulke	123	1999	CWS	67	3	3	.500	0	2.22	0	0	9	105.1	72	26	28	11	21	3	31	4	411	1	10.51	1.79	5.86	0.94	29.9	5.1	0.88	.241	2.39	6.15
2	Liam Hendriks L. Hendriks	113	2021	CWS	69	8	3	.727	0	2.54	0	0	38	71.0	45	20	23	11	7	1	58	1	267	6	14.32	0.89	16.14	1.39	42.3	2.6	0.73	.252	2.92	5.70
3	Wade Davis W. Davis	109	2014	KCR	71	9	2	.818	0	1.00	0	0	3	72.0	38	8	8	0	23	3	11	0	279	1	13.63	2.88	4.74	0.00	39.1	8.2	0.85	.264	1.00	4.75
4	Juan Rincon J. Rincon	106	2004	MIN	77	11	6	.647	0	2.63	0	0	2	82.0	52	24	27	5	32	2	18	1	327	2	11.63	3.51	3.31	0.55	32.4	9.8	1.02	.258	2.96	5.71
5	Cade Smith C. Smith	104	2025	CLE	76	8	5	.615	0	2.93	0	0	16	73.2	55	24	31	4	19	4	30	3	300	3	12.71	2.32	5.47	0.49	34.7	6.3	1.00	.302	3.79	6.72
6	Cade Smith C. Smith	103	2024	CLE	74	6	1	.857	0	1.91	0	0	1	75.1	51	16	16	1	17	3	2	0	289	0	12.31	2.03	6.06	0.12	35.6	5.9	0.90	.303	1.91	6.09
7	Greg Holland G. Holland	103	2013	KCR	68	2	1	.667	0	1.21	0	0	47	67.0	40	9	11	3	18	0	61	1	255	2	13.84	2.42	5.72	0.40	40.4	7.1	0.87	.282	1.48	5.37
8	Paul Shuey P. Shuey	103	1999	CLE	72	8	5	.615	0	3.53	0	0	6	81.2	68	32	37	8	40	1	28	7	351	8	11.35	4.41	2.58	0.88	29.3	11.4	1.32	.302	4.08	7.49
9	Cody Allen C. Allen	99	2015	CLE	70	2	5	.286	0	2.99	0	0	34	69.1	56	23	26	2	25	2	58	2	286	9	12.85	3.25	3.96	0.26	34.6	8.7	1.17	.342	3.38	7.27
10	Joel Zumaya J. Zumaya	97	2006	DET	62	6	3	.667	0	1.94	0	0	1	83.1	56	18	20	6	42	2	12	2	350	4	10.48	4.54	2.31	0.65	27.7	12.0	1.18	.246	2.16	6.05
11	Griffin Jax G. Jax	95	2024	MIN	72	5	5	.500	0	2.03	0	0	10	71.0	47	16	19	4	15	2	16	1	276	4	12.04	1.90	6.33	0.51	34.4	5.4	0.87	.269	2.41	5.96
12	Andrew Miller A. Miller	95	2017	CLE	57	4	3	.571	0	1.44	0	0	2	62.2	31	10	11	3	21	5	6	0	244	1	13.64	3.02	4.52	0.43	38.9	8.6	0.83	.233	1.58	4.45
13	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	95	2006	MIN	64	7	0	1.000	0	1.58	0	0	36	68.1	38	12	12	3	16	1	61	4	262	3	12.51	2.11	5.94	0.40	36.3	6.1	0.79	.238	1.58	5.00
14	Scott Service S. Service	95	1998	KCR	73	6	4	.600	0	3.48	0	0	4	82.2	70	32	35	7	34	9	26	4	353	10	10.34	3.70	2.79	0.76	26.9	9.6	1.26	.303	3.81	7.62
15	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	94	2005	MIN	69	7	4	.636	0	2.70	0	0	43	70.0	46	21	22	5	22	0	58	1	276	2	12.09	2.83	4.27	0.64	34.1	8.0	0.97	.265	2.83	5.91
16	Tim Collins T. Collins	93	2012	KCR	72	5	4	.556	0	3.36	0	0	0	69.2	55	26	29	8	34	2	9	8	295	3	12.01	4.39	2.74	1.03	31.5	11.5	1.28	.297	3.75	7.11
17	Scott Barlow S. Barlow	92	2019	KCR	61	3	3	.500	0	4.22	0	0	1	70.1	64	33	33	6	37	3	7	3	310	5	11.77	4.73	2.49	0.77	29.7	11.9	1.44	.337	4.22	8.19
18	Cody Allen C. Allen	92	2017	CLE	69	3	7	.300	0	2.94	0	0	30	67.1	57	22	24	9	21	2	55	0	282	9	12.30	2.81	4.38	1.20	32.6	7.4	1.16	.304	3.21	7.62
19	Sergio Santos S. Santos	92	2011	CWS	63	4	5	.444	0	3.55	0	0	30	63.1	41	25	25	6	29	3	50	5	260	5	13.07	4.12	3.17	0.85	35.4	11.2	1.11	.269	3.55	5.83
20	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	92	2008	CWS	72	4	4	.500	0	3.76	0	0	1	67.0	52	28	34	12	29	5	10	3	288	4	12.36	3.90	3.17	1.61	31.9	10.1	1.21	.267	4.57	6.99
21	Scott Barlow S. Barlow	91	2021	KCR	71	5	3	.625	0	2.42	0	0	16	74.1	61	20	20	4	28	2	28	2	306	4	11.02	3.39	3.25	0.48	29.7	9.2	1.20	.315	2.42	7.39
22	Cody Allen C. Allen	91	2014	CLE	76	6	4	.600	0	2.07	0	0	24	69.2	48	16	21	7	26	1	44	5	279	4	11.76	3.36	3.50	0.90	32.6	9.3	1.06	.266	2.71	6.20
23	Greg Holland G. Holland	91	2012	KCR	67	7	4	.636	0	2.96	0	0	16	67.0	58	22	22	2	34	0	36	7	289	3	12.22	4.57	2.68	0.27	31.5	11.8	1.37	.346	2.96	7.79
24	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	91	2003	CWS	66	7	6	.538	0	3.16	0	0	12	74.0	57	26	29	4	31	4	35	3	310	5	11.07	3.77	2.94	0.49	29.4	10.0	1.19	.294	3.53	6.93
25	Keith Foulke K. Foulke	91	2000	CWS	72	3	1	.750	0	2.97	0	0	34	88.0	66	29	31	9	22	2	58	2	350	1	9.31	2.25	4.14	0.92	26.0	6.3	1.00	.252	3.17	6.75

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